Ten years after the Holy War in Hong Kong, Mochizuki Jirou, aka the Silver Blade, and the lone hero who fought and defeated the Kowloon Children despite the loss of his lover, returns to Japan with his young brother, Mochizuki Kotarou. The two quickly discover that the Kowloon Children who survived the Holy War are seeking to infiltrate the "Special Zone" ,a thriving city protected by an invisible barrier that will not allow Kowloon Children entrance, unless they're invited. Red Bloods refers to the humans; Black Bloods are the vampires, and the Mochizuki Brothers are Old Blood, the last descendants of an elite clan of vampires. When Kotarou is abducted by one of the Kowloon Children, Jirou has no choice but to fight once more.
Japanese study overview
BLACK BLOOD BROTHERS is a Japanese novel of 1,534,178 characters, with 27,205 unique words and 2,730 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.7 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 27,205 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
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Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 吸血鬼vampire×2,660
- 彼he×2,649
- 特区special ward×1,812
- 言うto say×1,758
- 彼女she×1,688
- 血blood×1,567
- 自分myself×1,250
- 銀silver (Ag)×1,204
- 血統lineage×1,157
- 中inside×1,141
- 刀sword (esp. Japanese single-edged)×1,066
- 思うto think×996
- 九龍Kuryū×803
- 尾根(mountain) ridge×651
- 陣内inside the encampment×539
- 龍王Dragon King×452
- 調停mediation×388
- 虎仙Kōsen×246
- 真之Saneyuki×245
- 聖戦holy war×230